REVIEW: EMMURE – ‘HINDSIGHT’; THE 2020 VISION
Naming an album Hindsight in the year 2020 is really something only a band like Emmure could get away with and not have their entire audience issue a collective eyeroll. A band built on pop culture references, satire and shock, Emmure are incredibly self-aware. Several times while listening to Hindsight, I could practically feel frontman […]
ALBUM REVIEW: I PREVAIL – ‘TRAUMA’
I Prevail are a unique band. Not from a perspective of musical direction- but in terms of marketability and appeal, they’re an interesting band to follow. Most dual-fronted scene bands died off after their second or third albums (or transitioned into having one singer, right Issues?) and were largely written off as trends 5+ years ago […]
REVIEW: Sylar – ‘Seasons’
On their third full-length, rap-rockers Sylar pack an arsenal of stadium-ready riffs and a shot of tried-and-true to initiate their change in “Seasons”. After declaring “Help!” in 2015, Sylar are detailing the next step in moving forward on their new record, Seasons – change. Beginning down the path to alternative metal and pure rap-rock from the […]
REVIEW: Ice Nine Kills – ‘The Silver Scream’
Ice Nine Kills bring a sense of fun and inspired frenzy to metalcore on horror movie-inspired romp, ‘The Silver Scream’. This is a band that loves the b-movie style of over-the-top humor and gore found in the 70’s and 80’s, so it makes total sense that they would encompass such a topic on their fifth […]
ALBUM: The Wise Man’s Fear – “The Lost City”
On their sophomore “sequel” effort, ‘The Lost City’, Indiana’s The Wise Man’s Fear find ways to be both brutal and beautiful, sometimes in the same minute. Preferring a strict metalcore approach over the current trends in the wider expanses of their scene, TWMF play a cinematic and crushing form of the genre dubbed “fantasycore”, grabbing […]
ALBUM: Our Last Night – ‘Selective Hearing’
Being the prime example of a contemporary post-hardcore group, Our Last Night have spent a copious amount of time honing their sound. Choosing to focus on releasing admittedly solid covers of anything from current pop hits to 60’s rock classics the last two years, these hard-working fellas took their time in pushing new original material […]